From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 11 13:35:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01F9837B516 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:35:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id e7BKZL927793; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:35:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:35:21 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Linda Foley Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ready to switch, but... Message-ID: <20000811133521.C4854@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <39945DEC.B9E99689@rocler.qc.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <39945DEC.B9E99689@rocler.qc.ca>; from lfoley@rocler.qc.ca on Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 04:11:24PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Linda Foley [000811 13:11] wrote: > Hi, > sorry that there's a BUT, but I have to ask a few things before I > make this decision final. > -about the packaging system: how does it work? does it download and > install automatically the desired program as well as its dependencies? > Is it possible to upgrade the whole system à la apt-get dist-upgrade (if > it's not COULD it be available soon?)? The packaging systems handles dependancies over the network. To upgrade the whole system you'll want to use CVSup: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/cutting-edge.html > -Can I play Linux games (especially Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament) You should be able to, if not let us know exactly how it fails. > -How does FreeBSD performs compared to Linux (in terms of stability, > speed, memory-usage, etc. (you can use comapraisons, like a Ferrari vs a > Civic, or whatever) FreeBSD: http://people.freebsd.org/~alfred/images/car1.jpg Linux: http://www.ecubed.com/bmw/CrapBMWDelSol/ :) > -I have the source code of a program made with Linux. Is it possible to > make it run under FreeBSD without means of emulation It should be possible as long as it's not too linux specific. > -are there good sites (such as www.linuxnewbie.org) to help FreeBSD > newbies? the FreeBSD handbook is available at: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook here's some other urls: http://www.freebsddiary.org/ http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html http://www.daemonnews.org/ -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message